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https://register.perfectworld.com/blacklight

 

http://blacklight-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=221451

 

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=announce.php

 

Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. has contracted with Even Balance, Inc. to integrate our PunkBuster™ Anti-Cheat software into the free to play online first person shooter title known as Blacklight: Retribution.

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I've not seen this before as far as I'm aware:

 

As another measure we are setting up "thresholds" for statistics and in-game actions, that if breached, flag the account for review

 

Game looks very good, I've registered for that, thanks for the links :bigtup:

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Question for you Super Taz.

 

I got a key for the closed beta and I'm downloading the game now, I already have PBSetup on my PC but I'm not seeing the game listed, is it automatic, has it been included in the game yet or do I need to do something else?

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PB does not protect beta games, only full games. You will not see the game on PB Setup until the game is fully released by the developers.

 

Thanks, that explains why I can't see it in the list.

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Looks like Blacklight already has a PB download:

 

http://cc-ns.perfectworld.com/BL/pbsvc_blr.exe

 

blpb.png

 

And here are downloads to the game:

 

http://blacklight-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=219591

 

Blacklight Retribution v.931 Direct Download (1.9GB) for anyone having CORE Problems.

 

Obviously not for any active forum members, just for those maybe browsing the forum because they need help.

 

 

 

Click Here:

http://www.wupload.com/file/26299829...Retribution.7z

Slow download, appears to be something you'd want to do overnight, about 3 hours. Limited to around 175kB/s

 

********Faster Download ~2 hours*********

http://www.filefactory.com/file/c078...Retribution.7z

This one goes slightly faster at 250kB/s

 

 

 

If anyone knows a good place that allows a 2GB upload and unlimited download speed let me know.

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You can get your beta keys here:

 

http://blacklight-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=223161

 

http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/blacklight-retribution-beta-key-giveaway/

 

http://cc-ns.perfectworld.com/clients/CoreInstall_v20120112a.exe

 

 

System Requirements

 

  • Operating System: Minimum: Windows® XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (32-bit)
    Recommended: Windows 7 (64-bit)
  • CPU: Minimum: Mid to High Range Dual-Core 2.5GHz CPU or better
    Recommended: Quad-Core CPU or better
  • RAM: Minimum: 2GB of RAM
    Recommended: 4 GB of RAM
  • Graphics: Minimum: nVidia GeForce FX5200 ATI Radeon9550
    Recommended: GeForce 6600 256M Pixel Shader, Vertex Shader Ver 3.0
  • Hard Disk: 5GB of Hard Drive Space or more (14GB or more preferred)
  • Sound Drivers: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound chip or onboard audio capability with the latest sound drivers
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection required

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If anyone knows a good place that allows a 2GB upload and unlimited download speed let me know.

 

You could try dropbox, it allows 2GB upload but not sure about download speeds.

 

http://www.dropbox.com/

 

Edit:

PB has been updated but I did get an error message too, re-running it was fine and it says I'm running the latest version so I presume it's updated and ready to go.

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Remember, the closed beta will be tonight.

 

Download the Core Client here

 

Download the PB Update here

 

Get a Beta Key From Here

 

http://blacklight.perfectworld.com/news/?p=438531

 

The Closed Beta will shut down on Sunday January 15th at 5PM Pacific time as scheduled. On Thursday January 19th at 5PM Pacific Time, Phase 4 of the closed beta will begin. This phase will run for two weeks and end on Thursday February 2nd at 5PM Pacific. The new patch will be available to download on the 19th when Blacklight goes back online.

 

To play in Phase 4 you will need to have Punkbuster. If you don't have it, or you aren't sure go to http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe to install.

 

All players will be given 5000 Test Zen in Phase 4 for use in the Blacklight Closed Beta.

 

Thanks for playing everyone, see you on the 19th.

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Now Postponed:

 

Closed Beta Phase 4 moved to Friday January 20th at 5PM

 

Hello Blacklight fans. During the process of implementing and testing the latest server updates this week needed for Phase 4, Zombie Studios the developers of Blacklight Retribution, were hit by the snow and ice storms in the Pacific Northwest. This has slowed our progress on fixing some database issues that still remain. We're sorry for the delay, we are working hard to make sure everything runs smoothly in this upcoming phase. Thank you.

 

Dospac

Product Manager

Blacklight Retribution

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Recently posted by one of the devs :)

 

You read it right.

 

Closed Beta Phase 4 for Blacklight: Retribution will be kicking off at 2:00 PM Pacific TODAY (today meaning Thursday, 1/26, of course).

 

Apologies for the long delay, I know all of you are basically dying of BLR starvation at this point. The wait is nearly over!

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Are any of you having PB problems with the new phase of the Beta? First day I was getting kicked for PB not updated and now I'm getting kick for files missing or corrupted, even though I've run PBSetup and tried both the pbsvc.exe at the Evenbalance site and the pbsvc_blr.exe file from the Perfect World site. I've had a problem ticket in with Evenbalance for about 36 hours now with no response.

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Are any of you having PB problems with the new phase of the Beta? First day I was getting kicked for PB not updated and now I'm getting kick for files missing or corrupted, even though I've run PBSetup and tried both the pbsvc.exe at the Evenbalance site and the pbsvc_blr.exe file from the Perfect World site. I've had a problem ticket in with Evenbalance for about 36 hours now with no response.

 

No problems here either, run PBSetup and did the same as SuperTaz, also Windows 7 x64.

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I've been getting kicked for "Punkbuster missing or corrupted" even though I've run pbsetup, as well as pbsvr and pbsvr_blr about 20 times. Evenbalance wasn't much help so far. After about two days I got a response to my trouble ticket saying "try pbsetup again" even though I had 8 different updates that I posted to the ticket on what I had tried so far.

 

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a25/AKA_BANDIT/BLR2012-01-2809-18-46-32.jpg

 

However I think I figured out the problem on my own, but not how to fix it. PnkBstrA does not appear to be starting PnkBstrB when the game is launched. I checked the task manager while I was in-game before I got kicked and PnkBstrB.exe WAS NOT running. PnkBstrA was running. Is there any way to manually start PnkBstrB?

 

I only seem to have this problem with Blacklight because I went to several SOF2 PB enabled servers to see if I would kicked for the same thing and I had zero problems with SOF2.

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@ Bandit

it could be your Anti-virus, turn of your AV run a full pb update using PB Setup and then join a server to see if the same thing happens again. you may have to set exceptions for PnkBstrA and PnkBstrB in your AV

 

if that does not work then please log a support ticket and one of the support guys can take a look at it

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I appreciate you guys trying to help, but as it worked fine in SOF2 it wasn't a firewall or anti-virus problem. As for Evenbalance support, they were not very much help and took an average of about 2 days (total of about 7 days) for each of their responses (total 3) to my detailed updates (total 15) in which I told them exactly what the problem was and what I had already tried. The problem was PB services were not recognizing the Blacklight game and not starting, even though they worked fine in other games. I fixed the problem completely on my own by figuring out that un-installing Blacklight and then re-installing it may allow PB to recognize it and start, which it did. Pray you never have a PB problem you can't fix, cause you're looking at weeks with Evenbalance support unless it's an obvious fix.

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This is for the open beta:

 

_blacklight-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=269741

 

v0.953 Patch Notes

 

GAME:

 

Fixes:

- Fixed damage calculation on all body parts

- Fixed an issue with weapons being equipped after they expire

- Fixed a few rare crashes

- Fixed tight aim sensitivity range

- Fixed various memory leaks

- Fixed another PunkBuster crash

- Fixed rare rendering crash

 

Additions:

- Heroes now have their own unique taunt!

- You are now awarded with experience for successfully completing a taunt after getting a kill.

 

Balance Changes:

- Reduced movement speed while using Flamethrower.

- Reduced gun melee damage from 150 to 100.

- Reduced sonic knife damage from 170 to 150.

- Reduced melee weapon lunge ranges by 30%.

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Looks like the game is ready to go live soon:

 

http://blacklight-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=273151

 

It's TIME.

 

All BLR servers are going down for 3 hours from 5:00 PM Pacific until 8:00 PM Pacific. This maintenance marks the end of Open Beta testing, as well as the official live launch day for Blacklight.

 

A huge list of patch notes is being finalized as I type this. They will be posted shortly.

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